The visit of Hawthorn to AAMI Stadium on Saturday was a match that was keenly anticipated but in the end failed to live up to expectations. The Hawks have only beaten the Crows at AAMI once, and from the outset it was clear there would be no second instance here. The Crows are yet to produce their best form this season, but reminded the rest of the competition how dangerous they have the ability to be. It was their big name players, Ricciuto, McLeod, Goodwin and Edwards, who after struggling for much of this season rediscovered their touch to be among the Crows’ best. For the Hawks, so impressive for most of this season, it was a night to forget; and made even worse by the injury to Chance Bateman.Adelaide 4.2 8.6 11.10 15.12 (102)Hawthorn 1.1 3.3 4.4 4.7 (31)Goals: Adelaide – M Ricciuto 4 K McGregor 2 S Welsh 2 N Bock 2 I Maric 2 S Goodwin T Edwards C Knights. Hawthorn – B McGlynn L Franklin J Roughead T Croad.Best: Adelaide – A McLeod M Ricciuto T Edwards S Thompson G Johncock C Knights S Goodwin. Hawthorn – R Ladson S Crawford B McGlynn G Birchall J Lewis.Injuries: Adelaide – J Porplyzia (hamstring). Hawthorn – C Bateman (leg) D Jacobs (heavy knock).Reports: Nil. Umpires: D Margetts S Ryan K Nicholls.Crowd: 34,733 at AAMI Stadium.

In the upset of the season to date, Brisbane travelled to Subiaco and returned home with the points after a sensational 27-point win over West Coast on Saturday night. It wasn’t looking that way early, with Le Cras scoring two goals in the first 10 minutes; and the lead could so easily have been greater had Rowan Jones not twice hit the post. But after the half-time break the Lions lifted their game, with Nigel Lappin picking up plenty of possession in the midfield and the twin targets of Brown and Brennan giving the Lions something to aim at up forward. After working hard on the training track, there were rumours during the week that Ben Cousins may return in this game, but unlikely as that would have been it was ruled out after the Brownlow medallist injured his leg at training.Brisbane 2.1 5.7 10.9 13.13 (91)West Coast 3.5 6.8 8.10 9.10 (64)Goals: Brisbane – J Brown 4 J Brennan 4 R Copeland 3 S Black T Notting. West Coast – M Le Cras 4 D Kerr A Embley D Cox S Hurn M Seaby.Best: Brisbane – N Lappin J Drummond J Brennan R Copeland T Notting. West Coast – C Judd D Kerr D Cox M LeCras D Glass.Injuries: Nil.Reports: Nil. Umpires: L Farmer B Allen S Meredith.Crowd: 40,763 at Subiaco Oval.

Sydney and Fremantle both went into this match desperately needing a win to remain in realistic finals contention; and it was the Swans who prevailed to remain in the race after a 28-point win on Sunday. In wet conditions it wasn’t a game that reached any great heights, with the Swans dominating possession but wasting it with excessive short play and errant kicking for goals that saw them end up with 11.23. The match will best be remembered for its effect on the record books, with Michael O’Loughlin playing his 261st game for the Swans and overtaking John Rantall’s record for the most games for the club. With O’Loughlin’s team-mate Adam Goodes also recording his 200th, and Peter Everitt qualifying for AFL Life Membership; it was a game that entered some great players in the record books, and will be remembered for that rather than any football that was played on the day.Sydney 1.6 4.11 8.17 11.23 (89)Fremantle 1.3 5.3 6.6 9.7 (61)Goals: Sydney – B Hall 3 M O'Loughlin 2 R O'Keefe 2 A Schneider B Kirk T Schmidt J Bolton. Fremantle – S McManus 2 M Pavlich 2 J Farmer 2 S Thornton D Headland C Tarrant.Best: Sydney – A Goodes B Kirk J Bolton A Schneider N Fosdike C Bolton B Hall B Mathews. Fremantle – D Headland D Solomon H Black.Injuries: Nil.Reports: Nil. Umpires: B Rosebury S Wenn S Jeffery.Crowd: 25,943 at the SCG.